Shingle



R. L. WYATT SHINGLE Filed NOV. 19, 1923 A T TOR NE Y 1T 'State of Smith(iurnlilmk lauw iri'\'cul.,i

Patented Mar. HL QSQ UNTE ATE ROBERT L. VVYA'U."v OF FlGRENC'.

MESNE ASSIGNTMENIS, "U SXT SOUTH CAROLINA, A CORPORTION Applicat or.filed New tzliii new and uweful Impr@remnixt`v in L g'lcs, of wliirli'Elle following ie u sigizwz i^ tion.

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.\11 objct of the .invemiam ii to piuvlilv, a shingle which is formid in#wir umm that plurality of Shingles muy liv lu the construction 0l' umul with @urli fiiirgju engaged adjacont to its luxwr @mls by tlmshingles adjacent thereto uml lielrl :ig'aii' bonding or curling up byllw mliaccn l glas whereby a substantially leali prnol :unl durable roofmuy lv? @wrmt-ful willi an expenditure olf rciziliwif: lilw rim uw?labor.

Other objects :xml mlvnmug xvsl iu up :l srrtimi airing; lili sitionma'erinls wliie'li an' i Strmtion nl' Shingle?. A\ shim! :i formed nl'the square slwvl, is imliwmwl gmwmlly :at 'l in Figur@ 4C mul in m-miu;`this Shingle. um- Oif the Corn/r pmtimif; mi: tlw. squat Zw-Usi. is Cutolf mljncffnt $1) il?. 'LXtrvmily wlmi@ zi line extending lrnusxersvlym" llw miruir portion as; iiulicnlml :it 2. A\ pnir of' inare fmniiil in(il lol rvlatiou to he lino ilu# @invulling :a body portion 4. s" liirliuwuivziinlvv and au altar/:lling llmwn which zuidal in siii-rire and isumrgmi into inf; giuri imi .m

lu' lliwct' vwl pluri will l wwle asliiuglrhas lio ummfoizl 'flint l frObviously my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other thanthat villustrated in the accompanying drawings and I, therefore,consider as my own all modications and adaptations thereof which fallwithin the scope of the-nppended-clainis I claim 1. A shingle formed ofa substantially rectangular sheet of iexible material hav-i ing allgnedslits inthe converging sides of a corner portion thereof, thus providinga body ortion, and an attaching portion 'mergedj into the body portionby :i connect-- ing portion which is of less Width than the widest partof the attaching portion,` said attaching ortion being adapted to bebent under the Eody, said attaching portion havingr the outeri'endthereof cut oil. along a lineextending transversely thereof.

2. In a roof construction, a plurality of Shingles, each formed of asubstantially square sheet of iexible material provided .with alinedslits in converging side walls ot' a ycorner portion thereof, theextremity of .said oneicorner portion thereof being cut oil' along aline extending. tiansversel ody the' corner portion, thus defining aportion, a short neck portion and a trapezoidal locking portion, 'theadjacent walls of each slit and the body ortion being convexly andregularly curved at their juncture with one another, said shingles beinglaid in courses extending horizontzilly of the roofwith ndiacent cornerportions of adjacent sliingles of each course in abutting relation attheir extremities and in underlying rela tion to the body of theadjacent shingle of the course next thcreabove. the last named shinglebeing` disposed with 'the locking portion thereof lowerinost and bentunderneath the body portion of said last named shingle along; the lineof the inner side walls of rthe slits therein, the lateral edge portionsof the loclcilnr portion of saidilnst named shingle .znderlying adjacent@dre portions of the lower portions of the bo ies of the adjacentshingles of the next lower course, whereby the lower end portion of cachshingle tends to hold the lower end portions oi the adjacent shingles ofthe next lower course' against upward movement 'from the roof and theexposed portion of each shingle is tree from pointed projectingportions.

ROBT. L. WYA'IT.

